The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) sees proportionally more complaints involving SMSFs than APRA-regulated super funds, and many involve the same recurring mistakes.
In this interview, Alexandra Sidoti from AFCA discusses the most common SMSF disputes, including unsuitable SMSF recommendations, conflicted advice, poor diversification, trustee responsibilities and wholesale investor classifications.
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